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4 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, June 19th, 1980
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a from antiques
THERE is a novel Dutch twist to a 'Clitheroe
Waddington Road, spends' many painstaking hours on the pastime and one of his favourite creations has its roots in Holland during the middle of the last century. It is a Dutch foot-
warmer which, says Mr Peters, is basically a small box with a side that
ieties, such as oak, elm and mahogany. He gives many of his pieces — small stools, magazine racks and table tops — to friends and neighbours. Often Mr Peters burns
of the garage specially set aside for his hobby. Now his skills are
the midnight oil, working with his lathe and his carving tools in a corner
opens, holes in the top and a tiny earthenware pot inside. “Dutch folk would take
reaching a wider audi ence, for after putting a few of his finished pro ducts on view at local craft shows, he recently staged his own exhibition at Whalley Library. But Mr Peters does not
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maintenance f i t te r at Ribblesdale Cement, de velops many of his ideas from visits to antique shops. Interested for many
concerned, the box makes an added curio for his col lection. Mr Peters (45), who is a
these to the local church and the sexton would supply hot peat or charco al. This would be put in the pot and the people coula then sit in their pews with their feet over the box to keep them warm.” As far as Mr Peters is
really ' want to push the commercial angle. “My wife Margaret puts
many of the items to good use and as long as I enjoy the work, that is all that matters,” he said.
Hospital
clude vintage cars, Slaid- burn band, a karate dis play and the Clitheroe ladies’ Morris dancing team.
Historical
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YOUNG Sarah Jane Wilson, of Shawbridge, Clitheroe, might only be a novice when it comes to playing the piano. But her
interpretation of the ca tch y tune “Matchstalk
there will be pop, crisps and hot dogs for the kins; tea and biscuits for mum . . . and a beer tent for dad. Other attractions in
on June 28th, will feature the usual host of stalls and sideshows and there is to be a draw with a first prize of £25. Admission is free and
gala day A FANCY dress parade by hospital residents is one of the attractions at the annual gala day of Calderstones Hospital League of Friends. The event, to be held
man’s hobby of making hand-turned wooden furniture Mr Frank Peters, of
Learning Italian by trial
and error
WHEN 18 or so members of Whalley Anglo-Italian Society meet to learn the Ital ian language, they adopt an uncon ventional method.
sional teachers, every thing is by trial and error. The group is com pletely self-taught.
There are no profes
meeting since 1975, with the object of promoting
The society has' been
the Italian language and c u l tu r e among i ts members.
MR PETERS is pictured in his garage, busy prepar ing some wood.
from the hospital that has been given to the office, -based in Preston, are ac counts for the farm and garden (1943-54), heating and cleaning (1944-49) and bedding, linen and clo thing (1948-49). A sleep ers’ book (1944-52) is also there. The office has received
many documents from churches in the Ribble Valley, including those at G r in d leto n , Gisburn, S la id b u rn , T o s s id e , Whitewell, Dunsop Bridge — and Mitton, whose re gister of baptisms 1610- 1817 is still intact.
documents listed in the Lancashire Records Of fice’s annual report for 1979. Among the material
Mrs Helen Harwood, of Pasturelands Drive, Bil- lington, invites any mums in the Whalley district to go along and have a chat and a cup of tea, while keeping an eye on the
One of the organisers,
children. “There’s nowhere for
mums to go in Whalley after they have finished work and lo s t their f r ie n d s ,” sh e s a id . “Rather than stay in on their own, they can have an afternoon out with other mothers.” Anyone who wants
Calling
Salvationists WERE you ever associ ated with a Salvation Army corps based in Clitheroe some years ago? If so, a fellow member
in N o t t in g h am , Mr Ronald Woodcock, would be glad to hear from you. Mr Woodcock, who has
more information about the group can contact Mrs Harwood (Tel. Whalley 2358).
Slaidburn, begin with a copy of the will of John Brennand, dated 1717.
Come for
a cuppa A NEW group for young mums and toddlers has been set up in Whalley. About 20 mums have
already joined the group, which meets every Tues day afternoon between 2 and 3-30 in Whalley Methodist Church, King Lane.
Men” turned up trumps at Pontin’s Holiday Centre, Lytham St Annes, where she became a junior talent show winner.
Sarah Jane (13), was on holiday with her mother,
Mrs Josephine Wilson, and other members of her family when she decided to enter the competition, sponsored by a national ice cream company. She received an in
scribed trophy and a selection of other prizes and has also qualified to enter the regional finals later this year.
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“OF course, you won’t rememijer the first world war,” I said to the lady. We had been reminiscing together and exchanging tales of
Whalley. “Flatterer,” she said,
County Secondary School, Sarah Jane enjoys music and swimming in her spare time.
A pupil at Bowland
also figure in the office’s r Q m n o ;n n list. Contributors in this L rd l l l j J d l y 11 category include Bashall E av e s , G r in d le to n , Mitton, Paythorne and Slaidburn. Documents from Bren- nand’s Endowed School,
Papers and log books D O n O I " from 'the area's schools
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RIBBLE Valley people will be urged to join an organ donor campaign at an exhibition on Clitneroe Market on Saturday.
been with the Army for more than 40 years, is compiling a volume of places wnere there used to by groups of enthusias tic Salvationists. He believes that some
years ago Clitheroe had an active Salvation Army corps and wonders if any readers of the Advertiser and Times can recollect those days of yesteryear. Mr Woodcock would ap
society where formal teaching has been impor tant. Instead, the meet ings are informal discus sions , always conducted in Italian.
But it has not been a
picked out an Italian lan guage book. It was help ful, but it didn’t work. It just didn’t suit us.” Mr Riley^ believes
preciate any information, no matter how seemingly irrelevant. He can be con tacted at 130 Brooksby Lane, Clifton, Nottin gham.
and let live,” is being run by the Blackburn and Dis trict Community Health Council to publicise the need for carriers of all- urpose donor cards. f t '' ese will allow a person
to give all or any of their body organs — heart, kid neys, liver, cornea — for transplant operations.
the Market is one of sev eral being carried out within the area. It will start at 10-45 a.m.
Saturday’s display on Talent contest winner In food
guide FORMER Ribble Valley licensee Mr Joseph Proc tor has had his new pub, the Old Silent Inn, near Haworth, mentioned in a nationwide good food guide. The publication is the
Egon Ronay Raleigh Pub Guide, which assesses bar food and accommodation at inns. While in the Ribble
The campaign, “Give Offer to
kets, which started last week, are Mr and Mrs E. Routledge. They a re giving charities an oppor-/ tunity to raise funds by offering them the chance to run any type of stall, free of charge. The markets fun from
charities ANY local charities wish ing to take part in weekly Sunday markets at the Moorcock Inn, Wadding ton, are invited to do so — free of charge. Organisers of the mar
10-30 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. and anyone interested should contact Mrs Rout- ledge at Nelson 68086.
“At present we have an I ta l ia n lady from Clitheroe in the society, Mrs Roncetti. She can hardly speak a word of English but the mem bers get through to her. “If one person cannot
there is no other society like it in the country . . . and he could well be right. He went on to say:
understand, another takes up the conversa tion and in that way. we learn.” The society has been
every Friday, at 7-30 p.m., in Whalley. Old
in that there is no trea sure, but the whole thing is organised in Ita lian — the route, desti nation and the meal af terwards. The society meets
Grammar School, where mem b ers l is te n to specialist speakers or have an Italian meal. New members would
on a couple of crash courses to Leeds Uni versity and Ilkley Col lege, and every summer it tries to organise a tre asure hunt. There is a difference,
a ry and a fo u n d er member of the society, commented: “This is an unconventional way of learning, but it makes it more enjoyable for those involved.” “At one point we
Mr Alec Riley, secret t im e of Accrington. '
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Calderstones in wartime yes te rd a y’s
professing indignation, but secretly pleased. “You’ve been kissing the Blarney stone again. I re member it well enough. I can give you a year or two, you know. Let me tell you something you might not know.” I sat back to listen. One
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never knows what might develop from these chance conversations and the lady resumed her story. “You will know that in
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down a bit, the men who were fit enough were peering out of the win dows and we’d run along side passing them sweets, chocolate, cigarettes and cakes. It was just our way of saying welcome back and welcome to Whalley.” “A nice story,” I said,
“As soon as it slowed
.train — was expected, they used to blow the hooter. You could hear it all over the village when
: to run to the station. . “We dashed • up . the
those days Calderstones was Queen Mary’s Milit ary Hospital, fuli to over- flowing with casualties from the battlefields of France. They say there were over 4,000 beds oc cupied there after the Battle of the Somme. “Well, when a convoy of wounded — a Red Cross
. the .wind was in the right direction and as soon as we girls heard it we used
steps and waited on the platform for the train always stopped there a few minutes before it was moved on to the special line that ran right into the heart of the hospital.
say I have. I was in hos pital there in the first little do. I always tell people that the kindest folk in all England live in Whalley. Do you know, they were treating us there before the train stopped — cakes, choco lates, sweets — they were throwing them through the windows.
there! There was a young lady, Miss ............... used to take us driving in the Trough of Bowland. I wonder if she’s still living?’
‘I’d- a wonderful time
“and I hadn’t heard it before. Is that the end'of it?” “Not quite,” said the
lady. “Years afterwards we were touring in Scot land and one night we stopped at a little place at the head of a loch, miles from anywhere. “There were other
the gentleman that the lady was still living and still very busily occupied in all kinds of charitable work, and then he turned to me again.” ‘I don’t suppose you’ll
“Well, I was able to tell
remember those days?’ he said. “I do,” I told him. “I
people staying in the house — I think that chatting with other .people you have not met before is one of the nicest parts of a holiday — and after supper we were chatting away when this man, you could tell he was a south erner, asked, ‘and where abouts do you come from?’ “A little place you’ll
. ley,’ exclaimed the man and laughed aloud. Til
never have heard about,” I told him. “A little place in Lancashire called Whalley.” 1 ‘Never heard of Whal-
story," I said. And a splendid unsolicited tes timonial for an earlier generation of Whalleyites. They were kind and their generosity was repeated, perhaps exceeded, when, -over 20 years later, men from th e s tr ife - to rn beaches of Dunkirk! ar rived in the hospital. But that is a story I
concluded the lady. I nodded. “A lovely
: j . f .
was probably one of those girls on the platform. “Isn’t it a small world?”
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